# The Game Room **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-game-room/17.md?page=601 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 602 --- ## [Border-Gavaskar Trophy (again, cricket)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/border-gavaskar-trophy-again-cricket/467150)
**Author:** [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/border-gavaskar-trophy-again-cricket/467150 "2008-11-11T14:25:08Z")
That’s Australia vs India, Test cricket. Threads for the last three series: . . . This topic is now in its third largely apathetic forum, but there’s got to be some culture here on the SDMB. The first Test has started … --- ## [Weekend Feud: Where's the Action? by Twickster \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-wheres-the-action-by-twickster-game-over/471829)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-feud-wheres-the-action-by-twickster-game-over/471829 "2008-11-11T01:21:46Z")
DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS Object of the game: Try to think of the most popular answer, to get the most people matching you. Google is allowed, if you desire. Only answers that are “serious” wi… --- ## [Legendary - Anyone pick it up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legendary-anyone-pick-it-up/471596)
**Author:** [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legendary-anyone-pick-it-up/471596 "2008-11-10T23:17:40Z")
I was thinking about picking up Legendary when I head to the store to grab Gears of War 2 (not that i have any time to play either of these games, mind you, but I like to come home and see games by my X360 and think abou… --- ## [College Football--FG Attempt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fg-attempt/471924)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fg-attempt/471924 "2008-11-10T18:55:34Z")
In College Football, why doesn’t the whistle blow when the holder spots the ball for a FG attempt? He has the ball and his knee is down. --- ## [Handhelds for kids too old for Leapster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handhelds-for-kids-too-old-for-leapster/471525)
**Author:** [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handhelds-for-kids-too-old-for-leapster/471525 "2008-11-10T17:24:14Z")
My soon to be 7-year old is getting bored with his Leapster. My problem is finding him a platform and games that will work for his age. He’s learning to read but doesn’t have enough skills for any real reading. We want h… --- ## [Explain Pro Baseball Player Contracts, Trades and free Agency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-pro-baseball-player-contracts-trades-and-free-agency/471569)
**Author:** [@Duck\_Quack\_s\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Quack_s_Echo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-pro-baseball-player-contracts-trades-and-free-agency/471569 "2008-11-10T15:11:54Z")
In the offseason all the baseball talk is about free agents and signing new contracts. There has also been talk of trades. Now I left the US in 1970 so I’m aware of contracts and trades. But I don’t remember free agents … --- ## [Are late hits in Pro football usually willful & premeditated or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-late-hits-in-pro-football-usually-willful-premeditated-or-not/471793)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-late-hits-in-pro-football-usually-willful-premeditated-or-not/471793 "2008-11-10T15:09:30Z")
It always seems to be fine line re whether these are accidents or intentional but some players like this guy always seem to be accused of deliberately latte hitting. What say the football mavens? Are late hits in pro fo… --- ## [Lexulous.com down...temporary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lexulous-com-down-temporary/471975)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lexulous-com-down-temporary/471975 "2008-11-10T13:51:13Z")
I’ve been trying it for half an hour, and I keep getting a page not loading page. Is it down like Scrabulous was, or is it just a temporary time out? --- ## [Airstrike Hostile Six. \[Tom Clancy's End War\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airstrike-hostile-six-tom-clancys-end-war/471952)
**Author:** [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airstrike-hostile-six-tom-clancys-end-war/471952 "2008-11-10T03:41:56Z")
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ **Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-raiders-cut-deangelo-hall/471454 "2008-11-09T21:14:04Z") Story here. Well, technically, they didn’t cut him, they waived him, since he’s a vested veteran. Of all the stupid things old Al has done lately, this might be the dumbest. Here’s the sequence of events. Trade 2nd- … --- ## [PS3 Owners: Your online id](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-owners-your-online-id/471682)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-owners-your-online-id/471682 "2008-11-09T16:35:52Z")
and the games you play online. I figured this could be a thread where we share our id. Mine is Randmcnally, just how it is here. I mostly play Warhawk. I’ve dabbled in Call of Duty 4 and will get the upcoming one, but I… --- ## [Fallout 3 exploits? Spoiler alert!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-3-exploits-spoiler-alert/471737)
**Author:** [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-3-exploits-spoiler-alert/471737 "2008-11-09T13:25:35Z")
I am playing fallout 3 on the 360. In just about every fallout game there has been some sort of minor programming error that will allow you to ‘sort of’ cheat, but you are just taking advantage of something the playtest… --- ## [I'm trying to find a game online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-find-a-game-online/471546)
**Author:** [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2008, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-find-a-game-online/471546 "2008-11-09T09:53:03Z")
Help me out here fellow time wasters. There’s a Japanese game in which you toss a person along a line of other people (side scroller) and bounce. If you hit the mouse at the right time the person in the air gets additi… --- ## [Go Italy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-italy/471809)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2008, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-italy/471809 "2008-11-09T05:51:56Z")
Much though I despised the way they beat us in the World Cup I am cheering for them at 20-20 v the Wallabies. --- ## [The Midnight Feud: Booze! by This'll Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-midnight-feud-booze-by-thisll-do/471594)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-midnight-feud-booze-by-thisll-do/471594 "2008-11-08T21:49:10Z")
DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS Object of the game: Try to think of the most popular answer, to get the most people matching you. Google is allowed, if you desire. Only answers that are “serious” wi… --- ## [The Daily Feud: Completely Random Categories by anyrose \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-completely-random-categories-by-anyrose-game-over/471538)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-completely-random-categories-by-anyrose-game-over/471538 "2008-11-08T19:50:12Z")
DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS Object of the game: Try to think of the most popular answer, to get the most people matching you. Google is allowed, if you desire. Only answers that are “serious” wi… --- ## [Oscar Madness - The Forgotten (R4)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-forgotten-r4/471156)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-forgotten-r4/471156 "2008-11-08T16:51:16Z")
Round 3 results (winners in Bold Blue) 1928-1947 \[1\] Metropolis (Lang, 1927/Germany) vs. \[12\] Duck Soup (McCarey, 1933) 8-6 \[2\] Modern Times (Chaplin, 1936) vs. \[6\] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927) 3-11 1948-19… --- ## [Oscar Madness - The Also-Rans (R4)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-also-rans-r4/471097)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-also-rans-r4/471097 "2008-11-08T16:50:11Z")
Round 3 results (winners in Bold Blue) 1928-1947 \[1\] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939) vs. \[5\] The Grapes of Wrath (Ford, 1940) 9-5 \[7\] Sunrise (Murnau, 1927) vs. \[11\] Fantasia (Disney, 1940) 5-8 1948-1967 \[1\] \*\*… --- ## [Oscar Madness - The Losers (R4)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107 "2008-11-08T16:48:59Z")
Round 3 results (winners in Bold Blue) 1928-1947 \[1\] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) vs. \[4\] Double Indemnity (Wilder, 1944) 13-1 \[7\] The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 1941) vs. \[11\] Brief Encounter (Lean, 1945)\[/size\] 14-0 … --- ## [Oscar Madness - Best Picture Winners (R4)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r4/471094)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-best-picture-winners-r4/471094 "2008-11-08T16:47:48Z")
Round 3 results (winners in Bold Blue) 1928-1947 \[1\] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) vs. \[4\] The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) 17-1 \[3\] It Happened One Night (Capra, 1934) vs. \[7\] All Quiet on the Western Front (Mi… --- ## [NFL - Smartest Play Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-smartest-play-ever/471593)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-smartest-play-ever/471593 "2008-11-08T08:26:51Z")
Don’t bother suggesting any - I just saw it, with 1:14 left to play in the Browns-Broncos game. Denver (and UCF!) wideout Brandon Marshall scored a touchdown, and reached into his pants. Straightaway I thought, “Uh oh… … --- ## [Your fav Oblivion mods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fav-oblivion-mods/471736)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fav-oblivion-mods/471736 "2008-11-08T03:23:18Z")
I recently got Shivering Isles and reinstalled Oblivion to play. Along the way I popped in Oscuro’s Oblivion Overhaul (which is tough but vastly superior to the basic game) and Kobu’s Avanced Character System. I also got… --- ## [The made up movie game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-made-up-movie-game/470141)
**Author:** [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-made-up-movie-game/470141 "2008-11-08T02:03:44Z")
Lets play the made up movie game. Someone makes up a movie title and from it you provide a plot and the stars. example: made up title: Baby on Board- plot and star: Vin Diesel stars as a bodyguard who must transport cro… --- ## [Hitting the punter (NFL rules)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitting-the-punter-nfl-rules/471173)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitting-the-punter-nfl-rules/471173 "2008-11-08T01:26:59Z")
When does it become legal to hit the punter? Immediately after he has kicked the ball if a receiving team player runs into him it is either a 5 yard or 15 yard penalty. But at some point the receiving team has the ball … --- ## [Gears Of War 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gears-of-war-2/471634)
**Author:** [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gears-of-war-2/471634 "2008-11-07T22:43:55Z")
Anyone else looking forward to its release today? A friend pre-ordered me a copy for my birthday, so I’m set. I can definitely see it cutting into my Fallout 3 time :slight\_smile: . Now if only I didn’t have to work till… --- ## ['08 Fantasy Electoral College Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/08-fantasy-electoral-college-game/465731)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/08-fantasy-electoral-college-game/465731 "2008-11-07T15:54:57Z")
Okay, this is just for fun. I don’t care who you like or don’t like in the election race. This is all about winning and bragging rights. The Game: Doper closest to the actual Electoral College split wins it all. Tie… --- ## [Lions pickup Dante Culpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-pickup-dante-culpepper/470676)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-pickup-dante-culpepper/470676 "2008-11-07T15:47:06Z")
The Lions picked up Culpepper with a 2 year contract. Can he help? He has been hurt and out of football for a while. Fans have been pushing to have Stanton start. The coach responded by saying he did not want to embarra… --- ## [Flash Game: Black Knight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-game-black-knight/470782)
**Author:** [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-game-black-knight/470782 "2008-11-07T05:17:24Z")
The premise is simple. Get your knight chess piece to land perfectly on the star. However, as is knights are programmed to do so, you can only move in their usual L-shaped pattern. Along the way you’ll have to fight… --- ## [No love for Red Alert 3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-love-for-red-alert-3/471003)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-love-for-red-alert-3/471003 "2008-11-07T05:02:03Z")
The latest saga in EA’s Command and Conquer franchise was released this week and I’m surprised there isn’t anyone talking about it here. LIKES: Jenny McCarthy makes a great Tanya. She sounds very confident and not at a… --- ## [The Daily Feud: Spice It Up! by This'll Do \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-spice-it-up-by-thisll-do-game-over/471349)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-spice-it-up-by-thisll-do-game-over/471349 "2008-11-07T05:00:02Z")
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